Chapter 22: Brave Generals and Conspiracy Generals
Wolf Ridge is a small dirt slope, the top of the slope is only more than ten acres, there are steep slopes on all sides, due to the washing of rain and the children's play, there are paths on both sides of the north and south, a small number of personnel can pass through Guò slowly, but it is not suitable for the strong attack of large troops.
Soldiers from both sides soon met at Wolf Ridge. Li Xing personally took the head, hit the ground with a wooden stick, and went up with a drum, and the soldiers followed closely behind Li Xing. The soldiers of Wu Bing lined up, pushing one by one, and the flat ground at the top of the slope was the main battlefield of both sides.
Although it was an exercise, there was a supervision of the supervising army, and Zhu Youzhen took the soldiers to watch the battle, and the battle between the two sides was still very tragic, and soldiers continued to "die" and withdraw from the battlefield.
Li Xing's soldiers were superior in numbers, and Li Xing, who had a loud voice, personally commanded them, and gradually gained an advantage in momentum.
"Brothers, as long as you work harder, you can beat Wu Bing down! Rush, brothers. ”
The soldiers on both sides shouted and killed, and even the "killed" soldiers shouted mercilessly, although they could not participate in the battle, it was still okay to shout and cheer for the soldiers on their own side.
Suddenly, a small group of soldiers, bypassing the dirt slope of Wolf Ridge, struck through Li Xing's rear, fearless of death, and directly inserted into the middle of Li Xing's army, which could cut Li Xing's army into two sections at any time.
"Damn, Wu Bing is unruly, brothers, resist it, the exercise is over, I want to accuse him." The wooden stick in Li Xing's hand was not affected in the slightest, and two soldiers from the other side "fell" under his stick one after another.
However, Li Xingqianjun, who had already rushed to Wolf Ridge, was worried that the back road would be cut off, and the momentum of the charge gradually slowed down.
"Brothers, Li Xing's former army has been wrapped in dumplings, rush, capture Li Xing alive!" Wu Bing also played a voice that was not weak. His soldiers saw that the opponent's position was in disarray and the attack was slowing down, and their morale was immediately boosted, and they instantly turned to a counterattack.
This is an exercise in the era of cold weapons, injuries are inevitable, soldiers are constantly screaming, and soldiers are constantly unwilling to leave the battlefield in full swing. Some soldiers did not even know that they were wounded, and only after being reminded by the supervisors had to leave the battle and join the ranks of the shouters.
The battle was indeed tragic, some soldiers were bleeding, but no one flinched, the melee continued from the Wolf Ridge to the bottom of the Wolf Ridge, if anyone happened to pass by here, they must think that this was a real war, a war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and to defend the country. This is exactly the effect of Zhu Youzhen's request, the Fenwu battalion now has no chance to go to the battlefield, only through the guò close to the actual combat drill, can cultivate the courage and murderous spirit of the soldiers, the army of tigers and wolves has never been trained, but forged in the face of blood and death......
"Brothers, our reinforcements will arrive soon." Faced with an unfavorable situation, Li Xing remembered the two hundred rear soldiers left behind, and it was time for them to make meritorious contributions.
Wu Bing also thought of reinforcements, Li Xing was already in a disadvantageous situation, if his rear army arrived at this time, it would be the last straw that crushed Li Xing. "Ignition." Wu Bing decisively gave the order, and the reinforcements who were waiting for the order five miles away saw the fireworks and immediately rushed to the main battlefield.
The reinforcements of both sides arrived at Wolf Ridge almost at the same time, and these two forces were fighting together under Wolf Ridge, and neither of them could support their main forces.
On the Wolf Ridge, Li Xing's front army was broken off, and he retreated under the attack from both sides. But the defeat was like a mountain, and the Wu soldiers finally drove all Li Xing's soldiers out of Wolf Ridge.
"When." A piercing gong overshadowed the shouts of the soldiers, and although the battle under Wolf Ridge continued, the exercise was over. Li Xing glared at Wu Bing, stunned in the breeze in front of the Wolf Ridge, the golden wild chrysanthemums were endlessly enlarged in his pupils, covering the sky, blocking the other senses, and even the cheers of the other soldiers were also blocked.
Zhu Youzhen immediately arranged for the wounded soldiers to return to the barracks for medical treatment, although the vast majority of the soldiers' injuries were not severe, but in this era of lack of disinfectants, any small wound could cause the death of a soldier. The death of soldiers is an insignificant matter in the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the Liaodong front line died, but they failed to stir up much waves, however, Zhu Youzhen was reluctant to let the soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion die due to artificial reasons, they were his hard work and treasure.
After returning to the barracks, Zhu Youzhen immediately organized the officers to exchange experiences and sum up their experiences. An exercise, whether it is the winning or the losing side, will have some experiences and lessons worth learning.
"Staff officer, I don't accept it, Wu Bing violated the rules of the exercise." Li Xing, who had already woken up from his trance, immediately protested to Zhu Youzhen.
"Let's talk about what rules Wu Bing violated." Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xing with a smile, although Li Xing was the losing party, he was still satisfied with Li Xing, a soldier, you must have the spirit of not admitting defeat, if you admit that you are not someone's opponent, then what kind of battle will you fight? However, if you fail, you must find the reason from yourself, and you can't attribute the cause of failure to others, and the idea of "not being incompetent, just blaming something too cunning" is still unacceptable.
"Wu Bing's soldiers launched an attack from under the Wolf Ridge." Li Xing also felt that his reasons were not very sufficient, but he still had to find a reason for himself to fail.
"Is it stipulated that you are not allowed to attack from under the Wolf Ridge? If you can, you can even intercept halfway. Didn't your soldiers also engage in a fierce battle with each other under Wolf Ridge? Is that a violation? "Right is right, wrong is wrong, the reason is not ambiguous at all, there will be many actual combat exercises in the future, if you fail to find reasons other than the war, then the generals will not find reasons from strategy and tactics." Soldiers, treacherous ways. A commander who can decisively adopt flexible tactics based on the specific terrain, the condition of the soldiers, and the personality of the opposing generals is an excellent commander. Let's take a look at the takeaways from this exercise. ”
"The attack of Wu soldiers from the flank with 300 men is the key to victory." Wang Qiang, the commander of the cavalry, is also a person who likes to use his brains, and he admires Wu Bing's tactics very much.
"Yes, Wu Bing can judge the situation and use troops in an eclectic manner, he is indeed a general, if he can read more military books and participate in more real battles, he will definitely be able to become a general who commands 10,000 people. What about Li Xing? Is there nothing to be gained from him? Zhu Youzhen hoped to discover more about the merits of the officers, and he believed that good generals were praised, because the Han people especially valued the praise and encouragement of the leaders, which was almost as important as the test of blood and fire on the battlefield. Those words of "the heavens will descend on the people, and they must be ...... first" are only suitable for wizards, and for ordinary people, not only do they not promote, but even have a counterproductive effect, and they will oppress the originally outstanding talents into fearful idiots, and the real geniuses are not only Ming, but also rare in the world.
"Li Xing's battle was very brave, he took the lead, and he also killed a lot of soldiers on the other side, I counted them preliminarily, no less than thirty." Jiang Gen, another infantry commander, admired Li Xing's bravery, which was rare among officers in the late Ming Dynasty.
"Well, Li Xing's charge into battle is indeed very morale-inspiring, and he is a brave general. When the narrow road meets, the brave wins, and at a critical time, Li Xing's army is definitely a reassuring team. Zhu Youzhen glanced at Li Xing and found that his face had improved, and it was no longer the red black he was before, "In addition, when the situation was unfavorable, his soldiers were not defeated, he could lead the soldiers and retreat with his whole body, so he was a brave general." ”
Seeing that everyone couldn't help nodding their heads, affirming their discoveries, and having no intention of speaking for the time being, Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to continue his discovery: "Although there is a difference between victory and defeat in actual combat exercises, every officer, especially the two officers leading the army, needs to sum up the shortcomings, but more importantly, it is more important to train the soldiers, so that the soldiers can feel the atmosphere of the battlefield and withstand the test of victory and defeat and life and death. The biggest gain of this exercise is that the soldiers on both sides strictly observe discipline, and not a single soldier escapes the battlefield. Although this is still far from Zhu Youzhen's requirements and goals, the progress of the Fenwu Battalion is obvious to all, and moving in this direction, Zhu Youzhen believes that they will become the tiger and wolf division in his mind.